Tom Thumb and the Great French Fry Revolution

Tom Thumb had a big problem.

Not that he was small—that had become his trademark—but he was incredibly hungry. So hungry that even a crumb seemed like a buffet.

"Today I'm going to do something big," he told himself.
"I'm going to eat beef stew and fries. A full-sized portion."

He immediately invited a few well-known fairytale characters:

- Little Red Riding Hood, who came mainly for the mayonnaise

- The Big Bad Wolf, who claimed to be a vegetarian but kept staring at Tom Thumb as if he were an appetizer

- Puss in Boots, who had a food blog: KatMetKetchup.be.

They met at the Golden Fries Castle, the most famous chip shop in the fairytale forest.

On the way, they heard cheerful singing. Out of the forest came Snow White and the seven elves.

"Hello, Thumbling!" Snow White called. "Where are you going?"

"Beef stew with fries!" Thumbling shouted proudly.

The elves immediately cheered.
Elf 1: "Fries are actually potato elves that have evolved."
Elf 2: "That's completely biologically incorrect."
Elf 3: "But they're delicious."

Snow White decided to join them, because the elves had just tried a failed diet when someone saw a pancake.

There was complete confusion at the chip shop.

Puss in Boots ordered:

"Beef stew with truffle fries and artisanal ketchup."
The Wolf ordered:

"Beef stew, but without the meat, fries without the potato, and sauce without the sauce."
The chip shop owner looked at him and said:

"So... water?"
The elves each ordered a small portion of fries, but it turned out to be bigger than Thumbling himself. He got buried under an avalanche of fries and was accidentally used as a sauce ladle.

Little Red Riding Hood poured so much mayonnaise on her fries that an elf started surfing.

When the stew arrived, Tom Thumb started climbing on a fry as if it were a mountain.

"This is the greatest adventure of my life!" he shouted.

Snow White tried to explain to an elf that fries don't grow on trees, but Elf 7 had just planted a potato in the ground and expected a fry tree tomorrow.

The Wolf tried to sneak a bite from Thumbling, but accidentally got a fry up his nose and had to sneeze. He flew three tables away and landed in the stew pot.

At the end of the day, they were all full, tired, and covered in sauce.

Tom Thumb said with satisfaction:

"I feel so grown up now."

The elves decided to organize a fry festival. Puss in Boots gave the restaurant 3 stars and 1 fish bone.

And Snow White took home some beef stew, but forgot it in the refrigerator – where it later began its own fairy tale.